Re: [gentoo-user] problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : more info

[Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>]

250216 Philip Webb wrote:
> I'm currently testing a 2.0/1.1 port to write an Ext2 file system.

it succeeded ! -- results below :

  root:668 ~> t ; mke2fs /dev/sdb1 ; t
    2025-02-16   Sun   22.21.11
  mke2fs 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
  Creating filesystem with 16777216 4k blocks and 4194304 inodes
  Filesystem UUID: c5de9632-b97e-4b9c-bfd5-d5c5af785d48
  Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 
    4096000, 7962624, 11239424
  Allocating group tables: done                            
  Writing inode tables: done                            
  Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done   
    2025-02-17   Mon   02.36.25

as cb seen, it took  4 h 15 m .
there are differences in output from 'dmesg -W' :

  root:502 ~> dmesg -W
  [2125533.280237] usb 5-6.2: reset high-speed USB device number 6 using xhci_hcd
  [2126092.734294] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f for new auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2126092.829576] wlp5s0: authenticate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2126092.859893] wlp5s0: send auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2126092.888971] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2126092.889223] wlp5s0: associate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2126092.901777] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2126092.926490] wlp5s0: associated
  [2126092.926513] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2126171.655896] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 for new auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2126171.735470] wlp5s0: authenticate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2126171.765556] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2126171.871847] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 2/3)
  [2126171.875511] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2126171.876841] wlp5s0: associate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2126171.889248] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2126171.914432] wlp5s0: associated
  [2126171.914464] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2128215.129375] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f for new auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2128215.229697] wlp5s0: authenticate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2128215.259597] wlp5s0: send auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2128215.288570] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2128215.289300] wlp5s0: associate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2128215.301360] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2128215.326165] wlp5s0: associated
  [2128215.334629] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2128230.472949] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 for new auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2128230.548458] wlp5s0: authenticate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2128230.577576] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2128230.681826] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 2/3)
  [2128230.684849] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2128230.685838] wlp5s0: associate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2128230.697992] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2128230.723132] wlp5s0: associated
  [2128230.723154] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2129066.061800] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f for new auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2129066.140447] wlp5s0: authenticate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2129066.169621] wlp5s0: send auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2129066.198602] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2129066.199727] wlp5s0: associate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2129066.211388] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2129066.237270] wlp5s0: associated
  [2129066.265480] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2129068.686728] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 for new auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2129068.768225] wlp5s0: authenticate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2129068.798339] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2129068.904663] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 2/3)
  [2129068.907726] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2129068.908705] wlp5s0: associate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2129068.920407] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2129068.945293] wlp5s0: associated
  [2129068.945703] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2130027.166965] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f for new auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2130027.265257] wlp5s0: authenticate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2130027.295129] wlp5s0: send auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2130027.324148] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2130027.324894] wlp5s0: associate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2130027.337042] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2130027.361233] wlp5s0: associated
  [2130027.369658] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2130029.835939] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 for new auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2130029.930077] wlp5s0: authenticate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2130029.960635] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2130030.067841] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 2/3)
  [2130030.070895] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2130030.071832] wlp5s0: associate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2130030.084165] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2130030.108940] wlp5s0: associated
  [2130030.148960] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2132136.363825] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f for new auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2132136.456967] wlp5s0: authenticate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2132136.486972] wlp5s0: send auth to 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2132136.516000] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2132136.516728] wlp5s0: associate with 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (try 1/3)
  [2132136.529204] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2132136.554633] wlp5s0: associated
  [2132136.663025] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13
  [2132139.033739] wlp5s0: disconnect from AP 68:ff:7b:47:c9:13 for new auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2132139.124569] wlp5s0: authenticate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2132139.154945] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2132139.260645] wlp5s0: send auth to 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 2/3)
  [2132139.263840] wlp5s0: authenticated
  [2132139.264645] wlp5s0: associate with 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (try 1/3)
  [2132139.277129] wlp5s0: RX ReassocResp from 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=1)
  [2132139.302159] wlp5s0: associated
  [2132139.331597] wlp5s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 7a:ff:7b:47:c8:7f
  [2135034.469269] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem
  [2135043.577142] EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem c5de9632-b97e-4b9c-bfd5-d5c5af785d48 r/w without journal. Quota mode: none.
  [2135217.544967] EXT4-fs (sdb1): unmounting filesystem c5de9632-b97e-4b9c-bfd5-d5c5af785d48.

This seems to narrow the problem down to the USB 3.2 performance,
which well mb affected by inferior devices on the stick.
I was able to mount the partition, edit a file & browse it,
but re-actions to commands are very slow.
I'll try to format the other partitions on both sticks,
tho' a final verdict will take some time (wry grin).

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